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Launch weather for high-power rocketry — surface wind against the limit, winds aloft to waiver altitude, and a multi-day outlook for any field.

Window shows the weather a flyer needs to decide whether to fly: surface wind and gusts against the 20 mph NFPA/NAR/Tripoli limit, winds aloft by true height up to waiver altitude, density altitude, storm potential (CAPE), cloud ceiling and visibility, air quality, active NWS alerts, and a multi-day outlook — for any launch field, in one glanceable view.

It's purely informational: it takes no rocket parameters and produces no go/no-go verdict. It surfaces the data and the reference lines — the wind limit, the winds-aloft profile, the ceiling — and leaves the call to you and your field's rules. Every figure carries its source and valid time, fetched live in your browser.

What it does

  • Surface wind vs the limit

    Wind, gust, and direction against the 20 mph launch limit, with a steadiness read and a cross-check against the nearest station's observed wind.

  • Winds aloft

    Wind speed and direction by true height, surface up to waiver altitude — flagging the strongest shear layer and the mean wind, and turning your descent rate and apogee into a landing-drift distance.

  • Storm potential

    Convective instability (CAPE) now and at the day's peak, in the bands meteorologists use.

  • Density altitude

    How thin the air is — which sets thrust and descent — alongside temperature, sky, and a pressure tendency.

  • Calm windows

    An hourly wind timeline that surfaces upcoming calm windows; drag a fly-time slider to any hour and the whole view follows.

  • Sky, ceiling & air quality

    Observed ceiling and visibility from the nearest station — read as a go/no-go gate against your apogee — plus US AQI and smoke/dust particulate.

  • Multi-day outlook

    A ~7-day view with each day's calmest flyable window, set against the field's seasonal normal.

  • Field briefing

    Copy a plain-text conditions summary for the club chat, or a link to the exact view.

Try it out

Free to use, no account required.

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